Wednesday, March 8, 2023

GET ME REWRITE: Milwaukee mayor Cavalier Johnson hopes to reverse city's decades-long population slide


A 22% drop in population since its 1960 peak of 741,324.
 
Source:  Wikipedia

Johnson wants more of this — people moving in, buildings rising up. 
It's in line with one of his more audacious campaign talking points: that he envisioned a future Milwaukee growing to a population of more than 1 million people. 
It's a goal that many dismissed as political rhetoric, if not eye-rolling fantasy, and Johnson is the first to admit he doesn't have all the answers. No one does.

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